Thanks for the welcome...not much to show, but I'm trying to clean/assemble as much as possible before priming/painting to commence. Most of the cockpit/engine has been assembled without hindering airbrushing and/or detailed painting -- well, I hope that would be the case. So many little parts -- I'm surprised I haven't lost any part so far! If there's any pointers, please advise.

One tip I can offer is to clean all paint off the mating surfaces of parts. The fit of these Tamiya kits is very critical and even a thin layer of primer or paint can be enough to upset the balance, leaving things misaligned.

Where the cockpit sides fit into the fuselage for example. If they don't seat just-so in their guides the fuselage will be difficult to close. HTH

Aloha, Everyone! Not much done, some assembly completed with the wing/UC bays. Fit is fantastic and even with numerous parts, they require very little clean up and fit so well, I basically stopped test fitting them and just started cementing them on! I've gone as far as I can with the cockpit and engine, so I might start some airbrushing some real paint this weekend!

LOL..thanks Maru! Yes, I'm kinda of neat freak (germaphobe as well) -- which I think is a bit extreme because it slows me down. Not sure when this happened....

Thanks everyone. Wing assembly is mostly complete and I was hoping to spray some real paint, but it looks like I'll have to head into work this weekend (among other activities..and we're experiencing some incredibly pleasant, pleasant weather), bummer because I think this is the fastest I've ever worked (assuming I finish this and if I did it would be my second!).

Kinda neat to see all those parts dwindle down to something that looks somewhat manageable...Have a nice weekend.